Choose a Kwanzaa Picture

The collection brings together candle-and-mat still lifes, corn and gifts, a shared meal, paper-mat making and arranging books. Further scenes focus on a unity cup, a shared harvest basket, a patterned tablecloth, presenting a display, wide paper strips, drawing shapes and arranging corn with a cup. The candle holder is a kinara; the mat is a mkeka, and the unity cup is Kikombe cha Umoja.

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Seven candles in a wooden holder on a woven mat.

Kwanzaa Candles on a Woven Mat

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Two illustrated figures hold a fruit basket together at a table, with seven candles behind them, patterned borders and a wall hanging.

Two Figures with a Kwanzaa Harvest Basket

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Seven candles, a fruit basket and two ears of corn on a woven mat.

Kwanzaa Candles and Harvest Basket

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Two partly husked ears of corn on a woven mat.

Two Ears of Corn on a Kwanzaa Mat

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Two wrapped gifts and a closed blank-cover book on a mat.

Kwanzaa Gifts and a Book

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Two adults and two children at a table with fruit and seven candles.

Family Meal for Kwanzaa

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An adult and child weaving a paper mat with candles and a plant behind them.

Making a Paper Mat for Kwanzaa

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An adult and child arranging two books and two gifts on a table.

Arranging Kwanzaa Books and Gifts

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A table with seven candles, a fruit basket and two ears of corn.

Kwanzaa Harvest Table

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A large unity cup stands before a kinara with seven candles on a woven mkeka mat; the holder has a broad triangle border.

Kwanzaa Unity Cup and Seven Candles

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Seven candles stand on a mkeka between two fruit bowls, above a tablecloth with broad zigzag panels and a central stepped diamond.

Kwanzaa Candles and a Patterned Tablecloth

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Two illustrated figures stand beside a table; one extends an open hand toward seven unlit candles on a mkeka, with a produce bowl and cup beside them.

Showing the Kwanzaa Display

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Choose candles or a shared activity

The seven-candle still life leaves room for broad strokes; the paper-mat scene adds people and a repeating weave.

Start with seven candles

The tall center candle and three candles on each side are easy to count. Save the small woven spaces for another sitting.

Kwanzaa Candles on a Woven Mat →

Color a family activity

The adult and child make a paper mat together. Choose this for clothing, hands and the alternating strips on the table.

Making a Paper Mat for Kwanzaa →

Give the seven candles their colors

Print the original line drawing linked below. The numbered areas match the color key and steps; use the colored example as a starting point, then choose your own colors if you prefer.

Try it on paper

Original coloring page: Kwanzaa Candles on a Woven Mat →

Seven-candle kinara with a black center candle, three red candles on the left and three green on the right; holder and mat remain white. — A digital color suggestion, not a photograph of a printed result. Open the original line drawing to print and try your own colors.

1. Black center candle
2. Three red candles on the left
3. Three green candles on the right

Color the tallest, middle candle black with light pencil pressure so its outline stays clear.
Color the three candle bodies on the left red. Keep the holders white.
Color the three candle bodies on the right green. Leave the mat and holder for another time.

Count seven colored candles: one black in the middle, three red on the left and three green on the right. The uncolored mat is intentional.

Follow the woven mat

On the paper-mat picture, follow one strip across the table with your finger. Notice where another strip crosses it. Color one strip at a time to keep the woven structure readable.

More selection and activity ideas

Choose a page

Choose the large cup for a broad open surface, or the corn page for repeated kernels and husk curves. Mats and baskets have smaller woven sections; tablecloth panels offer broad zigzags and a stepped diamond. Figure scenes add clothing borders, hands and furniture. Seven candle outlines are countable, but the black-line pictures do not already show their traditional colors.

Try it together

On a front-facing seven-candle picture, color the center candle black, the three on the left red and the three on the right green. Then repeat a pair of colors in the mat or tablecloth. On paper, name the visible cup, corn, basket or book and talk about sharing or creating together.

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